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Chicago examiner vol xl no 83 a m friday Chicago march 28 1913 friday â€ž. mss fc price one cent ras s es flood death list grows more cities are swept first ray of hope at dayton waters receding relief work begins mayor of chillicothe reports 500 drowned columbus toll over 600 coffins and food plea in ohio property loss estimated at 1 00,000,000 thousands of persons starving in flood stricken district and suffering is becoming worse secretary burba wires to governor cox of ohio bulletin phoneton o march 28 â€” a telephone mes sage from dayton says fire broke out shortly after mid night near the wholesale district the flames are spreading columbus ohio march 27 â€” stricken dayton's appeal of yesterday {â– :. r rescue from flood and flame to-day became a heart-rending petition ft>v coffins and food and dayton is not the only ohio city that will send similar pleas to the people of the state and nation while telegraph and telephone communication still is practically paralyzed reports dribbling into this city whence all relief measures are being handled by governor james m cox show that the loss of life has been more widespread than was at first reported the actual loss of life at dayton is still undetermined estimates range from 1,000 up coffins and food are ohio's greatest demand chief of police allaback of dayton sent out a call for 500 coffins and officials of other cities are also asking for them meanwhile the citizens of columbus are just beginning to realize the ex tent of the disaster in their own city the scioto rher with its bridges gone had prevented the east side of the city from learning of the terrible conditions on the west side but to-day as the water fell it became known jthat the loss of life in the submerged section had been heavier than antici i pated the number of dead here is estimated to be from 600 to 1,000 two hundred dead in church the bodies of 200 persons lie huddled in the united brethren church on avondale avenue in columbus according to o h ossman an undertaker who explored the flood district in a rowboat to-day he says this report was made to him by a man who said he had been able to reach the building and look through the windows police who sought to confirm the story were unable to reach the church before the current ossman said nineteen bodies had been taken to his undertaking rooms and that he has been asked to be prepared to care for sixty-nine other bodies he says he counted fully 200 bodies in wreckage on west park avenue other men who have ventured into the flood district tell corresponding stories of awful loss of life to add to the horrors of the situation reports reached the state house to-day that the buildings in the flood-swept district were being looted by men in rowboats to meet this emergency and to better patrol the west side which is under martial law governor cox ordered that troop b of the national j guard should patrol the ruined section of the city to-night it was believed the cavalrymen could cover more territory than foot soldiers stories of terrible deaths keenest suffering heart-rending hardships and acts of heroism are told by the men who are in the rescuing parties hun dreds of people are still marooned in flooded homes their rescue to this time being impossible because of the swift current of the river rescued people in dire straits have been brought to the city hall in a stream all day where hundreds wait to obtain news of missing relatives and friends families are separated and men women and children stand night and day at the edge of the water waiting for the flood to subside that they can reach abandoned homes the body of a man is suspended in a tree near glenwood avenue beyond the reach of the rescuing parties other bodies are among debris washed up on the edge of the waters in the southwest end of the cit . near this debris are two submerged street cars and in the tree with the corpse nine persons were said to have perished this afternoon many of the refugees are in state institutions on the high ground of the west end the water has fallen several feet and some of the streets in undated can be traversed but in the lowlands where it is feared the greatest number of dead will be found it may be several days before a thorough search can be instituted are benumbed by cold many of the refugees were in a pitiable condition when rescued they were benumbed by the cold and suffering from hunger and exposure noth ing like a complete list of the dead and missing has been possible of com pilation but partial lists contain the names of more than 100 persons in a number of cases whole families have lost their lives to-morrow morning a new systemtic effort to rescue those still ma rooned in upper rooms and on house tops is to be made and the great fear to-night is that the morrow will tell a still more terrible story of death and destruction than that of to-day the lone dayton operator who has heroically stuck to his post in the exchange of the central union telephone company throughout the long siege of flood and fire this morning flashed the word to the office of gov ernor cox that the fires in dayton had taken a new start breaking out in many new places and getting so near to the telephone building that he would have to leave i want to say good-by were the words he flashed out i am going to make an attempt to escape but may meet the fate of great numbers of others who have only escaped from the water to be burned to death i can see buildings all around me in flames people are running back and forth waving their hands and crying for help but no one can save them no boat can live in the awful currents of water rushing between the build ings men women and children in the path of the flames are doomed no one can estimate the number dead thousands are in the midst of these torrents and no one may ever know how many have died good-by the last connecting link between flooded dayton and the outside world was silenced the spark died out and all was still late this evening a telephone message from chillicothe informed state survivor tells of 5,000 herded in courthouse in peru flood by m f hatten m f hatten Chicago photog rapher crosses the devastated area to bring story of how ref ugees face death by epidemic babies born where women hud dle together m building come into the world after their fathers perish m disaster m f hatten of 229 willow street Chicago a photographer managed to reach Chicago from peru ind after encountering tremendous difficulties mr hatten was m the center of the district around peru that suffered most from the flood his story was given to the Chicago examiner yes terday m the living graphic style of a man who was actually an eye-witness to and participant m the scenes he de scribes following is mr hatten's statement yrts'.t by the Chicago kiaminer five thousand people are in the court bouse at peru which ls built on a hill and one of the few safe places in the en tire city sufferers with scarlet fever children with measles and whooping cough are huddled together like cattle fear that disease will spread has seized the of ficials of the city and all possible steps ere being taken to prevent this there were five births in the court bouse last night eight people died scores wbo were sick and whose suffering hi increased by the excitement made the scene a terrible one some of the children born were made fatherless by the storm the only other place of refuge in the entire city where people are safe is the hotel thirty traveling men wbo had rooms there gave tbem up to the sick and injured not only this but they gave their overcoats and all their extra clothing the only fire in the city was at this hotel line hundreds in the courthouse were shiv ering with the cold situation called terrible the situation there was terrible the sick were given a room and physicians of the city did all possible for them they have nothing to drink but the murky water in the streets there is no light and no heat food is being taken to the courthouse in boats and is being given to the stricken people rich and poor are packed in small rooms together the dollar of the rich man counts for nothing there he must buffer with the masses the conditions are beyond all descrip tion th suffering ls terrible to see and people are dying every hour wives are separated from their husbands and mothers from their children the terrible uncer tainty as to the fate of loved ones ls seen on all sides children who have been mode fatherless and motherless by the storro are crying for their parents trie water started to rise eprly tuesday morning and continued during the day until there was over fourteen feet of water in the streets many houses were washed away and many people killed ninety reported dead we bad one report that there were ninety dead in one morgue in sou:h ptru ibis section is entirely under water and we could not see it after tues day morning no one knows how ninny are dead in peru there may only be a hundred and there may be 3,01)0 this can be told only when the waters recede ma perhaps not then a woman and two girls were loaded into ] a boat from the second story of a house i a boy eight years old was left behind j the mother was wild she tried to turn second list of dead the flood information depart ment of the examiner has been overwhelmed with calls from friends and relatives seeking in formation with regard to loved ones m the flooded districts and has furnished information wher ever possible thousands of calls have come m from people m chi cago and vicinity who have been unable to receive any direct word from those who are near and dear to them and the department has been untiring m looking up the latest dispatches and telegrams and calling on its correspondents m the flood districts for details the examiner gives the fol lowing list of more dead supple mental to that published yester day fremont hammond henry aged seventy sorlen frank aged twenty-one tiffin canty john * klingshirn jacob and family of seven houck andrew ha3tler roy axline w d and wife two unidentified men napoleon parker lee aged fifty-two piqua jamison fred lewiston gerber charles fort wayne monnock peter j dropped dead of exposure unidentified man drowned aid ing rescuers peru miller frank e stessy melvin m'curdy thomas haagland orville butler william s harthroad lewis propeck thomas hiers elbert stettler clinton vollmar daniel bender frld w douglas chales e first examiner car with flood relief to leave to-morrow food clothing and bedding will be rushed to survivors m ohio and indiana the first of the examiner relief cars that will be soon speeding with succor to flood vicltms of ohio and indiana will leave Chicago early to-morrow morning over the chesapeake & ohio railroad from the dearborn street station in an effort to bring immediate aid to victims m towns where entrance of trains is pos sible the examiner car will be sent to peru ind where hundreds are homeless and suffering all day and night since the first meager reports of the disaster were received workers have been busy packing clothing shoes beds mattresses and blankets m the examiner temporary relief quarters m the hearst building enough necessities and provisions to pro vide for more than 500 people will be sent in the first consignment more than a hundred beds have also been packed the work of providing for the comfort of the unfortunate people of the flood section will be continued until all are taken care of huge boxes will be placed m the exam iner's special car and sent to the relief arrangement committee at i'eru until the entire supply of food clothing and bed ding has lieeu distributed indianapolis families die james hedges a salesman from st lou's was m lommunlcntion with indian apolis yesterday at noon from south bend and reports lie received were discourag ing i talked with 11 w walters of the majestic rnblisliing company of in dianapolis said mr hedges at the hotel planters where lie is stopping m chi cago and be snid the greatest loss seems to be m the fore'gn ipiiirtors of that city where whole fam lies were washed away mr walters was unable to estimate the number of dead or the property loss all lights are out m indianapolis street car service is suspended and tbere is no water according to statements made to ilr hedges by sir walters thousands in dayton saved fire and flood peril passing troops police and individuals re spond to the cry for help and those marooned m homes and hotels are taken away m boats water is receding and work of relief begins m earnest call for 500 coffins is sent out food is rushed to sufferers by a staff correspondent dayton 0 via cincinnati march 27 â€” the crisis of the great flood is past the waters are receding m stricken dayton to-night and the work of rescue and relief is fairly under way martial law has been established and the naval reserves from toledo are pre serving order and conducting the rescue work the fires which threatened the city also are under control and that danger has been warded off the first relief train reached middle ton 0 to-day to be halted because a bridge had been swept away but willing farmers loaded their wagons and drove through mud and knee-deep water to dayton where the clothing and other supplies were handed out to sufferers m the improvised barracks of the national cash register company and m other houses that had been turned into refuges both food and clothing are beginning to come m and hope is beginning again to beckon to the victims of this great disaster red cross starts work it remains now to wait until the water recedes sufficiently to begin the real work of searching for the bodies and of removing the carcasses of ani mals that strew the flooded region to menace the survivors with disease if they are not collected and buried to-night rescuers are making a house-to-house search m boats of the flooded district to look for any sur vivors who may have been overlooked they also are centering their efforts on caring for the survivors ma,ny of whom are without food and clothing or means to buy any if it were pur chasable until the water is down it will be impossible to estimate whether thou sands or only hundreds perished m dayton and its vicinity by to-mor row or saturday relief work will be m full swing the officers of the na tional red cross already have it well m hand arrangements also have been made for the reception and distribution of the supplies that now are on the way here on special trains from Chicago and other cities depots are being estab lished on the high ground to receive and store these supplies and men ap pointed to take charge of them engineers are sent notice was received that engineers were sent from toledo to-day to re place the bridge at middleton with a wooden one that will bear the weight of trains so that the other relief trains speeding toward dayton will not be delayed m delivering supplies the majority of the thousands who for two days have been marooned m houses m the downtown section are now safe thanks to the vigorous work of rescue that has been going on for the last twenty-four hours the fate of mayor phillips of day ton is still uncertain chief of police ailaback who was himself cut off for two days from his relatives and friends has made repeated but vain efforts to reach the phillips house and he ad mitted to-night that he could not tell governor cox gives summary of the ohio situation at midnight by governor james m cox worst at dayton will be known to-day clothing needed for victims says executive columbus 0 march 2.7 â€” it is the consensus of opinion that the property loss m ohio will exceed that sustained by san francisco this apparently incredible statement is easily understood when the widespread destruction to railroad property is calculated it is safe to assume that more than half the large railroad bridges m ohio are down the waters are receding at dayton piqua zanesville fremont tiffin chillicothe hamilton middletown and columbus and while the cold weather which came late last night was welcome because of the certain deterrent effect it would have on the rising tide still the pinch of the cold adds to our difficulties because untold thousands of people are homeless besides the fall of the water will bring the real tragedy of the whole situation we ought to know to-morrow ap proximately what the loss of life has been the indications to-night are that the list may not run as heavy as forecasted at dayton but there are grave fears that a tremendous tragedy will be revealed beyond the scioto river where the western part of columbus is completely devastated relief trains reach dayton . v . - - . - dayton is relieved m one respect the ten or twelve thousand people penned up m the business buildings were freed by the middle of the afternoon by daylight the relief trains started coming m from the north the lake shore having surmounted the difficulties from toledo south we were more than anxious to know whether they would get through but very early reports came from springfield that the troops were passing m several sections ; that the naval militia with boats were drawing close to dayton and that the rugged heroes of the lake attached to the federal life saving service were bringing up the rear from the west of dayton troops and supplies came from eaton from the northwest six hundred troops with stores came by way of troy and tippecanoe city by the early part of the afternoon the good effects of this relief work added much cheer to the dis tressed the city was alive with boats controlled by hands that defied the elements people were rescued from the residential sections of north dayton riverdale west dayton edgemont and south park and the main streets of the city were alive with craft filled with people in the main business section the water receded to about twelve inches and with some difficulty foot traffic was resumed columbus awoke m a blizzard which gave a cheerless aspect to things but the first word came from bell the hero of the whole situation the operator who has stood by his guns throughout â€” good morning governor the sun is shining m dayton he was still at his post and apparently firm m his faith that things would still come out all right adjutant general wood was heard from for the first time this morning the circumstances attending his imprisonment give a good idea of the precipitate movement of the waters and show how it was that the whole business population was trapped general wood was within a square of his residence on north main street and yet it was impossible for him to get home he took refuge with dr c w king and remained there until last night when he attempted to join his family the boat was upset and he was com pelled to swim into the dayton city club dynamite saves entire city it developed to-day that the fire engine and dynamite sent from springfield yesterday afternoon really saved the city from destruc tion by fire the greater part of one city block is destroyed it is bounded by second third jefferson and st clair streets the square immediately south with fourth street as the southern line is pretty badly gutted but the fire seems to be now completely under control north dayton has furnished some surprises the water there m many parts of the residential section was over twenty feet deep but very strangely few bodies were found to-day however the waters are still close to ten feet m depth at this hour riverdale because of the large number of houses that were washed away and upturned may turn out to be the greatest sufferer from human loss the water is still high m that section on the west side 100 bodies were found m a bunch on williams street the recession of the waters revealed only two bodies m the business section general wood requested 500 coffins this morning this we accept as a grewsome index to the situation the citizens of dayton have organized a relief committee and continued on bth page ist column continued on 3d page 6th column continued on 6th page 4th column 5:00 a m extra .- -â€¢ Chicago and vicinity trf^atfcs-^i ft â€” generally fair friday and saturday rising tempera k ture ' m derate south winds j j^sb range of temperatures yester i rv_jl/x^s jf hl.hest 31 Â» 3 d y lowest 22 elfin qpys * i i.vcrage 27

Chicago examiner vol xl no 83 a m friday Chicago march 28 1913 friday â€ž. mss fc price one cent ras s es flood death list grows more cities are swept first ray of hope at dayton waters receding relief work begins mayor of chillicothe reports 500 drowned columbus toll over 600 coffins and food plea in ohio property loss estimated at 1 00,000,000 thousands of persons starving in flood stricken district and suffering is becoming worse secretary burba wires to governor cox of ohio bulletin phoneton o march 28 â€” a telephone mes sage from dayton says fire broke out shortly after mid night near the wholesale district the flames are spreading columbus ohio march 27 â€” stricken dayton's appeal of yesterday {â– :. r rescue from flood and flame to-day became a heart-rending petition ft>v coffins and food and dayton is not the only ohio city that will send similar pleas to the people of the state and nation while telegraph and telephone communication still is practically paralyzed reports dribbling into this city whence all relief measures are being handled by governor james m cox show that the loss of life has been more widespread than was at first reported the actual loss of life at dayton is still undetermined estimates range from 1,000 up coffins and food are ohio's greatest demand chief of police allaback of dayton sent out a call for 500 coffins and officials of other cities are also asking for them meanwhile the citizens of columbus are just beginning to realize the ex tent of the disaster in their own city the scioto rher with its bridges gone had prevented the east side of the city from learning of the terrible conditions on the west side but to-day as the water fell it became known jthat the loss of life in the submerged section had been heavier than antici i pated the number of dead here is estimated to be from 600 to 1,000 two hundred dead in church the bodies of 200 persons lie huddled in the united brethren church on avondale avenue in columbus according to o h ossman an undertaker who explored the flood district in a rowboat to-day he says this report was made to him by a man who said he had been able to reach the building and look through the windows police who sought to confirm the story were unable to reach the church before the current ossman said nineteen bodies had been taken to his undertaking rooms and that he has been asked to be prepared to care for sixty-nine other bodies he says he counted fully 200 bodies in wreckage on west park avenue other men who have ventured into the flood district tell corresponding stories of awful loss of life to add to the horrors of the situation reports reached the state house to-day that the buildings in the flood-swept district were being looted by men in rowboats to meet this emergency and to better patrol the west side which is under martial law governor cox ordered that troop b of the national j guard should patrol the ruined section of the city to-night it was believed the cavalrymen could cover more territory than foot soldiers stories of terrible deaths keenest suffering heart-rending hardships and acts of heroism are told by the men who are in the rescuing parties hun dreds of people are still marooned in flooded homes their rescue to this time being impossible because of the swift current of the river rescued people in dire straits have been brought to the city hall in a stream all day where hundreds wait to obtain news of missing relatives and friends families are separated and men women and children stand night and day at the edge of the water waiting for the flood to subside that they can reach abandoned homes the body of a man is suspended in a tree near glenwood avenue beyond the reach of the rescuing parties other bodies are among debris washed up on the edge of the waters in the southwest end of the cit . near this debris are two submerged street cars and in the tree with the corpse nine persons were said to have perished this afternoon many of the refugees are in state institutions on the high ground of the west end the water has fallen several feet and some of the streets in undated can be traversed but in the lowlands where it is feared the greatest number of dead will be found it may be several days before a thorough search can be instituted are benumbed by cold many of the refugees were in a pitiable condition when rescued they were benumbed by the cold and suffering from hunger and exposure noth ing like a complete list of the dead and missing has been possible of com pilation but partial lists contain the names of more than 100 persons in a number of cases whole families have lost their lives to-morrow morning a new systemtic effort to rescue those still ma rooned in upper rooms and on house tops is to be made and the great fear to-night is that the morrow will tell a still more terrible story of death and destruction than that of to-day the lone dayton operator who has heroically stuck to his post in the exchange of the central union telephone company throughout the long siege of flood and fire this morning flashed the word to the office of gov ernor cox that the fires in dayton had taken a new start breaking out in many new places and getting so near to the telephone building that he would have to leave i want to say good-by were the words he flashed out i am going to make an attempt to escape but may meet the fate of great numbers of others who have only escaped from the water to be burned to death i can see buildings all around me in flames people are running back and forth waving their hands and crying for help but no one can save them no boat can live in the awful currents of water rushing between the build ings men women and children in the path of the flames are doomed no one can estimate the number dead thousands are in the midst of these torrents and no one may ever know how many have died good-by the last connecting link between flooded dayton and the outside world was silenced the spark died out and all was still late this evening a telephone message from chillicothe informed state survivor tells of 5,000 herded in courthouse in peru flood by m f hatten m f hatten Chicago photog rapher crosses the devastated area to bring story of how ref ugees face death by epidemic babies born where women hud dle together m building come into the world after their fathers perish m disaster m f hatten of 229 willow street Chicago a photographer managed to reach Chicago from peru ind after encountering tremendous difficulties mr hatten was m the center of the district around peru that suffered most from the flood his story was given to the Chicago examiner yes terday m the living graphic style of a man who was actually an eye-witness to and participant m the scenes he de scribes following is mr hatten's statement yrts'.t by the Chicago kiaminer five thousand people are in the court bouse at peru which ls built on a hill and one of the few safe places in the en tire city sufferers with scarlet fever children with measles and whooping cough are huddled together like cattle fear that disease will spread has seized the of ficials of the city and all possible steps ere being taken to prevent this there were five births in the court bouse last night eight people died scores wbo were sick and whose suffering hi increased by the excitement made the scene a terrible one some of the children born were made fatherless by the storm the only other place of refuge in the entire city where people are safe is the hotel thirty traveling men wbo had rooms there gave tbem up to the sick and injured not only this but they gave their overcoats and all their extra clothing the only fire in the city was at this hotel line hundreds in the courthouse were shiv ering with the cold situation called terrible the situation there was terrible the sick were given a room and physicians of the city did all possible for them they have nothing to drink but the murky water in the streets there is no light and no heat food is being taken to the courthouse in boats and is being given to the stricken people rich and poor are packed in small rooms together the dollar of the rich man counts for nothing there he must buffer with the masses the conditions are beyond all descrip tion th suffering ls terrible to see and people are dying every hour wives are separated from their husbands and mothers from their children the terrible uncer tainty as to the fate of loved ones ls seen on all sides children who have been mode fatherless and motherless by the storro are crying for their parents trie water started to rise eprly tuesday morning and continued during the day until there was over fourteen feet of water in the streets many houses were washed away and many people killed ninety reported dead we bad one report that there were ninety dead in one morgue in sou:h ptru ibis section is entirely under water and we could not see it after tues day morning no one knows how ninny are dead in peru there may only be a hundred and there may be 3,01)0 this can be told only when the waters recede ma perhaps not then a woman and two girls were loaded into ] a boat from the second story of a house i a boy eight years old was left behind j the mother was wild she tried to turn second list of dead the flood information depart ment of the examiner has been overwhelmed with calls from friends and relatives seeking in formation with regard to loved ones m the flooded districts and has furnished information wher ever possible thousands of calls have come m from people m chi cago and vicinity who have been unable to receive any direct word from those who are near and dear to them and the department has been untiring m looking up the latest dispatches and telegrams and calling on its correspondents m the flood districts for details the examiner gives the fol lowing list of more dead supple mental to that published yester day fremont hammond henry aged seventy sorlen frank aged twenty-one tiffin canty john * klingshirn jacob and family of seven houck andrew ha3tler roy axline w d and wife two unidentified men napoleon parker lee aged fifty-two piqua jamison fred lewiston gerber charles fort wayne monnock peter j dropped dead of exposure unidentified man drowned aid ing rescuers peru miller frank e stessy melvin m'curdy thomas haagland orville butler william s harthroad lewis propeck thomas hiers elbert stettler clinton vollmar daniel bender frld w douglas chales e first examiner car with flood relief to leave to-morrow food clothing and bedding will be rushed to survivors m ohio and indiana the first of the examiner relief cars that will be soon speeding with succor to flood vicltms of ohio and indiana will leave Chicago early to-morrow morning over the chesapeake & ohio railroad from the dearborn street station in an effort to bring immediate aid to victims m towns where entrance of trains is pos sible the examiner car will be sent to peru ind where hundreds are homeless and suffering all day and night since the first meager reports of the disaster were received workers have been busy packing clothing shoes beds mattresses and blankets m the examiner temporary relief quarters m the hearst building enough necessities and provisions to pro vide for more than 500 people will be sent in the first consignment more than a hundred beds have also been packed the work of providing for the comfort of the unfortunate people of the flood section will be continued until all are taken care of huge boxes will be placed m the exam iner's special car and sent to the relief arrangement committee at i'eru until the entire supply of food clothing and bed ding has lieeu distributed indianapolis families die james hedges a salesman from st lou's was m lommunlcntion with indian apolis yesterday at noon from south bend and reports lie received were discourag ing i talked with 11 w walters of the majestic rnblisliing company of in dianapolis said mr hedges at the hotel planters where lie is stopping m chi cago and be snid the greatest loss seems to be m the fore'gn ipiiirtors of that city where whole fam lies were washed away mr walters was unable to estimate the number of dead or the property loss all lights are out m indianapolis street car service is suspended and tbere is no water according to statements made to ilr hedges by sir walters thousands in dayton saved fire and flood peril passing troops police and individuals re spond to the cry for help and those marooned m homes and hotels are taken away m boats water is receding and work of relief begins m earnest call for 500 coffins is sent out food is rushed to sufferers by a staff correspondent dayton 0 via cincinnati march 27 â€” the crisis of the great flood is past the waters are receding m stricken dayton to-night and the work of rescue and relief is fairly under way martial law has been established and the naval reserves from toledo are pre serving order and conducting the rescue work the fires which threatened the city also are under control and that danger has been warded off the first relief train reached middle ton 0 to-day to be halted because a bridge had been swept away but willing farmers loaded their wagons and drove through mud and knee-deep water to dayton where the clothing and other supplies were handed out to sufferers m the improvised barracks of the national cash register company and m other houses that had been turned into refuges both food and clothing are beginning to come m and hope is beginning again to beckon to the victims of this great disaster red cross starts work it remains now to wait until the water recedes sufficiently to begin the real work of searching for the bodies and of removing the carcasses of ani mals that strew the flooded region to menace the survivors with disease if they are not collected and buried to-night rescuers are making a house-to-house search m boats of the flooded district to look for any sur vivors who may have been overlooked they also are centering their efforts on caring for the survivors ma,ny of whom are without food and clothing or means to buy any if it were pur chasable until the water is down it will be impossible to estimate whether thou sands or only hundreds perished m dayton and its vicinity by to-mor row or saturday relief work will be m full swing the officers of the na tional red cross already have it well m hand arrangements also have been made for the reception and distribution of the supplies that now are on the way here on special trains from Chicago and other cities depots are being estab lished on the high ground to receive and store these supplies and men ap pointed to take charge of them engineers are sent notice was received that engineers were sent from toledo to-day to re place the bridge at middleton with a wooden one that will bear the weight of trains so that the other relief trains speeding toward dayton will not be delayed m delivering supplies the majority of the thousands who for two days have been marooned m houses m the downtown section are now safe thanks to the vigorous work of rescue that has been going on for the last twenty-four hours the fate of mayor phillips of day ton is still uncertain chief of police ailaback who was himself cut off for two days from his relatives and friends has made repeated but vain efforts to reach the phillips house and he ad mitted to-night that he could not tell governor cox gives summary of the ohio situation at midnight by governor james m cox worst at dayton will be known to-day clothing needed for victims says executive columbus 0 march 2.7 â€” it is the consensus of opinion that the property loss m ohio will exceed that sustained by san francisco this apparently incredible statement is easily understood when the widespread destruction to railroad property is calculated it is safe to assume that more than half the large railroad bridges m ohio are down the waters are receding at dayton piqua zanesville fremont tiffin chillicothe hamilton middletown and columbus and while the cold weather which came late last night was welcome because of the certain deterrent effect it would have on the rising tide still the pinch of the cold adds to our difficulties because untold thousands of people are homeless besides the fall of the water will bring the real tragedy of the whole situation we ought to know to-morrow ap proximately what the loss of life has been the indications to-night are that the list may not run as heavy as forecasted at dayton but there are grave fears that a tremendous tragedy will be revealed beyond the scioto river where the western part of columbus is completely devastated relief trains reach dayton . v . - - . - dayton is relieved m one respect the ten or twelve thousand people penned up m the business buildings were freed by the middle of the afternoon by daylight the relief trains started coming m from the north the lake shore having surmounted the difficulties from toledo south we were more than anxious to know whether they would get through but very early reports came from springfield that the troops were passing m several sections ; that the naval militia with boats were drawing close to dayton and that the rugged heroes of the lake attached to the federal life saving service were bringing up the rear from the west of dayton troops and supplies came from eaton from the northwest six hundred troops with stores came by way of troy and tippecanoe city by the early part of the afternoon the good effects of this relief work added much cheer to the dis tressed the city was alive with boats controlled by hands that defied the elements people were rescued from the residential sections of north dayton riverdale west dayton edgemont and south park and the main streets of the city were alive with craft filled with people in the main business section the water receded to about twelve inches and with some difficulty foot traffic was resumed columbus awoke m a blizzard which gave a cheerless aspect to things but the first word came from bell the hero of the whole situation the operator who has stood by his guns throughout â€” good morning governor the sun is shining m dayton he was still at his post and apparently firm m his faith that things would still come out all right adjutant general wood was heard from for the first time this morning the circumstances attending his imprisonment give a good idea of the precipitate movement of the waters and show how it was that the whole business population was trapped general wood was within a square of his residence on north main street and yet it was impossible for him to get home he took refuge with dr c w king and remained there until last night when he attempted to join his family the boat was upset and he was com pelled to swim into the dayton city club dynamite saves entire city it developed to-day that the fire engine and dynamite sent from springfield yesterday afternoon really saved the city from destruc tion by fire the greater part of one city block is destroyed it is bounded by second third jefferson and st clair streets the square immediately south with fourth street as the southern line is pretty badly gutted but the fire seems to be now completely under control north dayton has furnished some surprises the water there m many parts of the residential section was over twenty feet deep but very strangely few bodies were found to-day however the waters are still close to ten feet m depth at this hour riverdale because of the large number of houses that were washed away and upturned may turn out to be the greatest sufferer from human loss the water is still high m that section on the west side 100 bodies were found m a bunch on williams street the recession of the waters revealed only two bodies m the business section general wood requested 500 coffins this morning this we accept as a grewsome index to the situation the citizens of dayton have organized a relief committee and continued on bth page ist column continued on 3d page 6th column continued on 6th page 4th column 5:00 a m extra .- -â€¢ Chicago and vicinity trf^atfcs-^i ft â€” generally fair friday and saturday rising tempera k ture ' m derate south winds j j^sb range of temperatures yester i rv_jl/x^s jf hl.hest 31 Â» 3 d y lowest 22 elfin qpys * i i.vcrage 27